depression, academia
literally everyone i know: "i didn't go into academia because it's too hard"
professors: "students these days are so lazy and untalented"
and then there's this
https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2017/04/phd-students-face-significant-mental-health-challenges
depression, academia
first one's hyperbolic, i know plenty of people who went into this level of academia
but i know plenty more who avoided it like the plague because it's monstrous and there's no support system for you there